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Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models — HN submission

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Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models(2023)

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Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models — mentioned by Tomte

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 06:41:01 GMT

This made me think there is more to it than stochastic completion: Bowman, Samuel R. “Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models,” April 2, 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.00612.

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Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models — mentioned by lhl

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:30:26 GMT

It seems to me, from a copyright perspective, all commercial use of generative AI depends on whether the output is transformative fair use (vs derived work). While the courts will have its say, ultimately whether new rules are carved out or not is going to be again (as all copyright law is) based on commercial interests - I have the feeling that the potential productivity upside across all industries (and in terms of national interests) is going to be big enough that it'll work itself out largely in the favor of generative AI. That being said, IMO, that's completely separate from the safety…

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Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models — mentioned by gerdesj

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:49:22 GMT

I disagree. ChatGPT n that are currently "disruptive". Disruptive to the point that I already have colleagues who get close to palpitations if they can't access it. Within mere weeks or a few months their entire modus operandi has changed. There are major issues (1) with LLM, not least their inscrutability and habit of hallucinating. Soon we might be getting all whizzed up over "hyperdimensional computing" (2) which, let's face it has at least sorted out how to sound like a cool kid. However it is possible to work out how a hyperdimensional ... thingie "works" because of the way it is built…

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Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models — mentioned by lhl

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 05:52:15 GMT

If you (or anyone else is) interested in the topic, I'd highly recommend giving some of these a look: Bubeck, Sébastien, Varun Chandrasekaran, Ronen Eldan, Johannes Gehrke, Eric Horvitz, Ece Kamar, Peter Lee, et al. “Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence: Early Experiments with GPT-4.” arXiv, March 27, 2023. http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12712. or watching Sebastien Bubeck's recent talk he gave describing what GPT-4 can do that previous LLMs couldn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbIk7-JPB2c Geoffrey Hinton recently gave a very interesting interview and he specifically wanted to address…

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Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models — HN submission

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 23:11:43 GMT

Eight things to know about large language models

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Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models — HN submission

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 19:46:22 GMT

Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models

3 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.